3.—(1) In relation to the tribunals listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the number of additional members in column 3 shall be appointed by the bodies in column 2, such appointments to take effect from 1st April 1996.
(2) Notwithstanding regulation 4(3) of the principal Regulations, as substituted by these Regulations, where, before 1st April 1996, a vacancy has occurred and an appointing body has failed to make an appointment before that date or, on or after 1st April 1996, the office of a member referred to in paragraph (3) below terminates as described in that paragraph—
(a)in relation to the East Yorkshire tribunal—
(i)the first twelve such vacancies shall be filled by members appointed alternately by the council of the county of North Yorkshire and the council of the district of York, the first such appointment being made by the first mentioned council, and
(ii)such vacancies remaining shall be filled by members appointed by the council of the district of the East Riding of Yorkshire and the council of the City of Kingston-upon-Hull in the ratio 3:2; for this purpose, for every five vacancies which occur, the first mentioned council shall appoint the first three members and the second mentioned council shall appoint the next two;
(b)in relation to the Lincolnshire tribunal—
(i)the first such vacancy shall be filled by a member appointed by the council of the district of North Lincolnshire and the second by a member appointed by the council of the district of North East Lincolnshire, and
(ii)such vacancies remaining shall be filled by members appointed by the council of the county of Lincolnshire;
(c)in relation to the Severnside tribunal, such vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of a member by each of the appointing bodies in turn and in the following order—
(i)the council of the district of North West Somerset,
(ii)the council of the district of South Gloucestershire,
(iii)the council of the City of Bristol, and
(iv)the council of the district of Bath and North East Somerset; and
(d)in relation to the Teesside tribunal, such vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of a member by each of the appointing bodies in turn and in the following order—
(i)the council of the district of Middlesbrough,
(ii)the council of the district of Redcar and Cleveland,
(iii)the council of the district of Stockton-on-Tees, and
(iv)the council of the district of Hartlepool.
(3) Notwithstanding regulation 4(2) of the principal Regulations, each member of a tribunal to which this paragraph applies who was such a member at the end of 31st March 1996 shall, on and after 1st April 1996, continue to hold office as a member of that tribunal until that office terminates in accordance with regulation 6(2) of those Regulations.
(4) Paragraph (3) above applies to the following tribunals—
(a)East Yorkshire, established under the principal Regulations under the name “Humberside”,
(b)Lincolnshire,
(c)Severnside, established under the principal Regulations under the name “Avon”, and
(d)Teesside, established under the principal Regulations under the name “Cleveland”.